Location: Whenever, wherever, ON Joined: 06.27.2013
Mar 3 @ 4:20 PM ET
Record albums.
Gardening.
Smoking meats. - TheMussel
We do not share common interests!
My mother-in-law is a gardener extraordinaire. She can grow anything from a twig or a leaf or a blade of grass; she could probably grow a statue from a pebble. I can pretty much kill any plant on both a physical and spiritual level with no malice intended.
Location: “Give me Point, Cirelli and Paul all day against anybody.” Mr. Cooper , ON Joined: 07.06.2007
Mar 3 @ 4:23 PM ET
I agree about Pietrangelo's value at age 38 but the Leafs are very much in a win now window. I would consider the last 4 years of his contract as part of the price that has to be paid to get him. It basically has to happen before Matthews' contract is up in case he doesn't want to come back.
And when it comes down to it, even if Pietrangelo is only say, 25% better than Brodie (at the risk of adding an arbitrary relative quantification), the true value is the peak talent that you can put on the ice during crucial game situations. Pietrangelo as one of 6 d-men on the Leafs, marginal improvement. Pietrangelo over Brodie during the last 3 minutes of a 1 goal game, notable improvement.
It's a little bit like the whole "the winner of the trade is the team that gets the best player" idiom. - TheMussel
I’m with the monkey. Even in a win now mode, I’m not convinced we’re better on balance with Pietroangelo at $8.8 than Brodie at $5. I’m too lazy to sort it all out but it likely would have cost us Nylander and having two scoring lines is going to be important in the playoffs.
Location: “Give me Point, Cirelli and Paul all day against anybody.” Mr. Cooper , ON Joined: 07.06.2007
Mar 3 @ 4:25 PM ET
We do not share common interests!
My mother-in-law is a gardener extraordinaire. She can grow anything from a twig or a leaf or a blade of grass; she could probably grow a statue from a pebble. I can pretty much kill any plant on both a physical and spiritual level with no malice intended. - Monkeypunk
Hydroponic turnkey machines are great. Eating homegrown salads (lettuce) every night now
Location: Has anyone discussed the standings today? Joined: 06.30.2006
Mar 3 @ 4:39 PM ET
If I was a GM, I'd have a rule about no guy on the team over the age of 33 making more than $6M a year.
Those numbers can be adjusted after looking at graphs and spreadsheets and poop, but seriously, there should be a line which shouldn't be crossed.
How many contracts to superstars after the age of 27 have worked out well?
People laugh at Dubas for giving Matthews and Marner huge contracts, but at least he's paying for them during their most productive years.
Tavares was a mistake.
Karlsson was a mistake.
Parise was a mistake.
I could go on and on and on... - Atomic Wedgie
Even Hyman is going to be a problem. He has very likely peaked. So his next contract will pay him more for performing less. If we assume Rielly will not peak for a year or two, his next contract may be decent value.
Location: Has anyone discussed the standings today? Joined: 06.30.2006
Mar 3 @ 4:45 PM ET
I just started playing Skyrim for the first time (Free on Xbox Game Pass). So far not bad. - Archaic
Max your blacksmithing and potion making, use it to make some black kind of armor, ebony or something... once you have that, you can walk around and kill anything pretty much.
Max your blacksmithing and potion making, use it to make some black kind of armor, ebony or something... once you have that, you can walk around and kill anything pretty much. - Aetherial
